Moore Reef

20 plot distribution

Example with 20 100*100m plots at Moore Reef distributed at random across habitable reef area

20 plot summary statistics

Proportion of habitat covered by restoration plots at Moore Reef

Habitat Area TwentyPlots SixtyPlots
Total coral area 9637437 2.1% 6.2%
Total reef slope area 5399542 3.7% 11.1%
Total reef flat area 4237895 4.7% 14.2%

coral restoration

Visualisation of coral restoration at initial (2.5cm) and five year (22.5cm) in a 10x10m sub-plot within a 100x100m plot at Moore Reef given a 5 corals per m2 initial seed density (5000 units) and a conservative 45% survival to year 5 (~85% cover after 5 years).

Whole GBR scaling of coral restoration

Proportion of GBR covered by 60 restoration plots (600,000 m2 or 0.6 km2)

Habitat Area SixtyPlots
Total coral area 10595260000 0.006%
Total reef slope area 3605300000 0.017%
Total reef flat area 6989960000 0.009%